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The Caloosahatchee River is a river on the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States, approximately 67 miles (108 km) long. [1] It drains rural areas on the northern edge of the Everglades , east of Fort Myers .
St. Lucie Lock and Dam on the Okeechobee Waterway, approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) southwest of Stuart, Florida.According to the lock webpage by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lock chamber is "50 feet wide x 250 feet long x 10 feet deep at low water", [2] showing that the design of the canal system and waterway is for shallow barges and not a ship canal.
The Sound connects to Gasparilla Sound and Charlotte Harbor to the north, and to San Carlos Bay and the Caloosahatchee River to the south. The Sound is conterminous with the Pine Island Sound Aquatic Preserve, which was established in 1970 and consists of 54,000 acres (220 km 2) of submerged land.
Caloosahatchee may refer to: Caloosahatchee River, a river on the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States; Caloosahatchee culture, an archaeological culture on the Gulf coast of Southwest Florida that lasted from about 500 to 1750 CE; Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is creating a 4 million-acre conservation area in western Florida. ... Fisheating Creek and Caloosahatchee River watersheds and borders the ...
It is located at latitude 26° 43" 16', longitude -81° 41"40', [5] on the Caloosahatchee River about 33 miles (53 km) upstream of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. [2] Lockage usually takes between 15 and 20 minutes. The lock operates from 7 am to 5 pm, 365 days a year, unless otherwise stated in "Notice to Mariners", published by the Coast Guard.
The Ortona mounds are located about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the present-day Caloosahatchee River. Until late in the 19th century, the Caloosahatchee River was fed by a series of lakes starting from Lake Hicpochee, and including Lettuce Lake, Bonnet Lake and Flirt Lake.
The Orange River is a tributary of the Caloosahatchee River. Orange River is a 8.7 mile stream. References This page was last edited on 4 February 2025, at 03:02 ...